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Thu, Jun 2, 2022 11:00AM EDT
Lot 405

Various Artists: Mother Jones International Fund for Documenting Photography, Portfolio Number One

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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The set of four gelatin silver prints including Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990): Tenant Farmer's Children, 1938, signed in pencil; Michelle Vignes (b. 1926): Beverly Playing the Blues, 1984, signed titled and dated 1982 in pencil; Ken Light: Three Brothers, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1986, signed and titled in pencil; and Sebastio Salgado (b. 1944): Brasil, 1983, signed, titled and dated in pencil, numbered 32 of 50 on the justification, paper and linen-covered portfolio cover; and Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, Portfolio Number Three: Two Imagestwo gelatin silver prints including Robert Doisneau (1912-1994): La Maison de Carton, 1957, signed in ink; and Sebastio Salgado (b. 1944): Brasil, 1980, signed, titled and dated in pencil, numbered 6 of 50 on the justification, lacking the Eugene Richards and Graciela Iturbide, and lacking the portfolio cover.

15 x 12 in. (portfolio).

Condition

Photographs all in very good condition. Portfolio papers with scattered foxing and creasing.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.